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ALTA Certification Academic Language Therapy

Subject : certifications
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Refers tot he measurement consistency of a test






2. Changes in curriculum - supplementary aides or equipment - and provision of specialized facilities that allow students to participate in educational environment to fullest extent possible.






3. A group of several test standardized on the same sample population so that results on the several tests are comparable. Example : School achievement tests






4. Feeling through fingertips






5. An objective test that is given and scored in a uniform manner. Scores are often norm-referenced. For example SAT






6. Screening test. Elementary age only. Asks test taker to name the letters of the alphabet






7. Whole body learning






8. Shakespeare - Samuel Johnson - first comprehensive dictionary of English - Noah Webster - first dictionary of American English - Oxford Dictionary published in full 1928






9. Two adjacent letters repressing a single consonant sound






10. Whole language - Drop Everythng and read - evaluation through miscues - founds of whole language






11. Four adjacent letters representing one sound (eigh)






12. The ability to translate print to speech with rapidity and automaticity that allows the reader to focus on meaning.






13. Closed syllable - open syllable - vowel- consonant-e - r controlled syllable - vowel team - final stable syllable






14. Present the whole and teaches how this can be broken down into component parts.






15. A significant unit of visual shape. We use the visual shape as to cover not only writing - but also any other shape perceived by the eye which is a visible representation of a unit of speech. A single graphic letter or letter cluster which represents






16. Given normal hearing - the ability to understand spoken language in a meaningful way.






17. Closed syllable






18. Study of sounds and how the work within their environment






19. A word that is immediately recognized as a whole and does not require decoding to identify. A sight word may or may not be phonetically regular.






20. MSLE instruction requires that organization on material follow the logical order of the language. Sequence must begin with the easiest and progress to more difficult material. Each step must be based on prior knowledge.






21. Tests used to identify the nature and source of an individual's educational - psychological - or medical difficulties or disabilities in order to facilitate correction or remediation.






22. Instruction must include the six basic types of these and the division rules.






23. Is a specific learning disability that is neurological in origin. It is characterized by difficulties with accurate and/or fluent word recognition and by poor spelling and decoding abilities. These difficulties typically result from a deficit in the






24. Study of how morphemes are combined into words - must include study of base words - roots - and affixes






25. The writing system of a language. Correct or standardized spelling according to established usage.






26. Supported only by "qualitative research" instead of quantitative research - Teaches "whole words" in word families - Students are not explicitly taught that there is a relationship between letters and sounds for most sounds






27. The curved diacritical mark above a vowel in a sound picture or phonic/dictionary symbol notation that indicates a short sound in a closed syllable in which at least one consonant comes after the vowel in the same syllable.






28. Vocabulary stressed the events of daily life - Common - everyday - down to earth words - Most are one syllable words






29. Students proceed trough predictable stages of learning to reading.

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30. Open syllable






31. Reading for Learning "the New" - Expand vocabularies - build background and world knowledge - develop strategic habits

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32. Multiple Viewpoints - Analyze text critically - understand multiple point of view

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33. Individuals with a Disabilities Act






34. State Board of Education Rule - District Board of Trustees must make sure dyslexia procedures are given to the district. - District must use SBOE approved strategies for screening and treating dyslexia






35. His research in the field of reading was fundamental to the emergence of today's scientific consensus about what reading is - how it works and what it does for the mind.






36. A word to which affixes are added. A base word can stand alone.






37. State Board of Eduation






38. A districts dyslexia program is considered part of the basic - required curriculum. Therefore - state compensatory education funds can only be used to provide programs - projects - activities - and materials that supplement that district's regular dy






39. A student with mastery can utilize the information successfully - but may struggle or need to call upon learning strategies to do so.






40. Expects child to learn reading as "naturally" as speech - Uses child's oral language as content for reading - Uses child's oral language as basis for spelling instruction - Children learn to "read" by reading and re-reading "big books" together with

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41. Any learning activity that includes 2 or more sensory modalities simultaneously to take in or express information.






42. Phonemic Awareness - Phonics - Vocabulary Development - Reading Fluency - including oral reading skills - Reading Comprehension Strategies






43. Words used in more formal settings - Often found in literature - science - social studies in upper elem. texts. Longer than words of Anglo-Saxon Origin.






44. A quick probe that is done frequently in order to make instructional changes in a timely fashion.






45. Comprehensive end-of-year exams - reflecting the specific subject matter outlines in the curriculum.






46. Two adjacent letters repressing a single consonant sound






47. International Multisensory Structured Education Council






48. Visual-Auditory-Kinesthetic/Tactile






49. Wide Range Achievement Test






50. Reading can be learned as naturally as speaking - reading is focused on constructing meaning from texts using children's books rather than basal or controlled readers - reading is best learned in the context of the group - phonics is taught indirectl